ATTN: owners of brant alarms

[carlo]

Guys.

Just read this on another forum

http://www.search.asic.gov.au/cgi-bin/gns0...t=ACN&srchsrc=1

It appears brant has gone into administration, so you may not be able to get support on your alarm systems.

Sorry thats all the infomation I have.

p.s.. if this is a repost.. keep smart ass remarks to your self.

[Beer Baron]

bummer. makes me glad I didn't buy one. i'm surprised they are going under, because they certainly knew how to charge.....like a wounded bull.

[carlo]

Yeah.. I thought that the OEM deal they had with subaru would help them stay alive too.. strange eh

[Beer Baron]

plus plenty of support from insurers. I have heard some stuff cases where their systems were not quite all that. but I guess like all these alarms if you are trained in installing them, it's a piss of cake to disable them. and that's the problem so many people installing Brant alarms. sure they have security licences (or should) but that's no guarantee of their good character.

[wrxhoon]

plus plenty of support from insurers. I have heard some stuff cases where their systems were not quite all that. but I guess like all these alarms if you are trained in installing them, it's a piss of cake to disable them. and that's the problem so many people installing Brant alarms. sure they have security licences (or should) but that's no guarantee of their good character.

Thats the case with any alarm mate , if you know what you are doing you can start the car in seconds .

I have a 02 sti with the brant keypad ( a pain in the ass i might add ) . Every time the battery gets low you have to go back to Suabaru to get a master code put in and the good thing about it has to go on a tilt tray . People are paying for the tow track $80- 150 + 45-60 to the suby dealer just for 2 minutes work . They wont give you the master code for obvious reasons .

My battery went flat a few weeks ago and when it wouldnt accept the code i desided it was time to bypass it . It took me about 10 minutes to locate the unit and about 10 minutes to work out how to bypass it . Now that i know how its done i can do it in about 30 seconds , so much for the fantastic brant keypad system .

I may add that the sti has another brant unit in it that is controlled by the subaru key ( a little button on it ) and a third one that comes with the car from japan .

All very easy to bypass with a little know how .

[carlo]

on the topic of easily bypassed, i would say most factory fitted alarms are easy to get around. They would all be installled the same and once a weakness if found the car is fair game. If I was buying a wrx I would not get it with an alarm and have a custom one installed.

[dbloemhard]

I had a Brant in my Soarer - it was the most useless alarm i've used. Had to practically hold the transmitter on the car to lock it, yet on quite a few occasions i'd be walking away from my car (20-50m) and i'd hear my car unlock (no idea how that happened, but i had to walk back to the car to lock it!). Transmitter batteries lasted about 2 months because you had to hold the button down for about 3 seconds to lock/unlock it

No idea about how easy it was to bypass, but it just gave me the shits. Young and Cool insurance required it though. Alot of people i know had gone back several times for replacement modules...

[MaTBoY]

Hey I have one of these and I needed to contact them about changing my PIN number! if anyone knows how to edit your PIN number can you send me a PM with details plz

cheers guys

[siddr20]

hmm dont know if this is a really old thread or not, coz i searched for this topic..

Anywyas in a months time im purchasin a 33gtst.. A friend has the Brant-nemesis alarm system on his skyline and says it works really well with postive feedback..

Now by reading all your replies, which brant alarm system have you got??

Also what did you mean Brant has gone into adminstration??

Which alarm system would you recommened if im hearing all these negative feedbacks..

1k is my budget for an alarm. so please suggest me some..

Cheers..

[Sl!m]

You can tell how old a thread is by the date above the first posters name....

[gtrGhosTDoGG11]

I hate brant systems, you need to be 10 cms away for the remote to work, my battery is not flat too.

[wrxhoon]

hmm dont know if this is a really old thread or not, coz i searched for this topic..  

Anywyas in a months time im purchasin a 33gtst.. A friend has the Brant-nemesis alarm system on his skyline and says it works really well with postive feedback..  

Now by reading all your replies, which brant alarm system have you got??  

Also what did you mean Brant has gone into adminstration??  

Which alarm system would you recommened if im hearing all these negative feedbacks..  

1k is my budget for an alarm. so please suggest me some..  

Cheers..

For about $1200 -1300 you can get a tracker , why pay $1 k for an alarm ?

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